Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahottara Heruka (Buddhist Deity) - (9 Faces)

ཆེ་མཆོག་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ། 嘿噜嘎 (八大法)
(item no. 91099)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Nyingma
Size 83.82x62.23cm (33x24.50in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Erie Art Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Chem Chog Heruka: wrathful, dark blue in colour, with nine faces and eighteen hands. Retinue figures stand at the sides with buddhas and lamas above and the Mahakala, Genderless Lord, at the bottom center.

Jeff Watt 10-2000

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Collection of Erie Art Museum
Tradition: Nyingma Deity Paintings
Buddhist Deity: Heruka
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